Coping Processes and Hemostatic Reactivity to Acute Stress in Dementia Caregivers
Kirstin Aschbacher, BA,
Thomas L. Patterson, PhD,
Roland von Känel, MD,
Joel E. Dimsdale, MD,
Paul J. Mills, PhD,
Karen A. Adler, MS,
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD and
Igor Grant, MD
From the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California (K.A., T.L.P., R.v.K., J.E.D., P.J.M., K.A.A., S.A.-I., I.G.); Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland (R.v.K.); San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, La Jolla, California (T.L.P., S.A.-I., I.G.).

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Figure 1. Procoagulant differences between caregivers and noncaregivers at high versus low levels of approach coping.
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Figure 2. Procoagulant differences between caregivers and noncaregivers at high versus low levels of problem-solving coping.
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